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• February 2009

  New York, NY (February 13, 2009) – Snooth announces the Inaugural Open That Bottle Night (OTBN) BYOB dinner in New York City, Saturday, February 28th in conjunction with co-sponsors Wilson Daniels and Astor Center. During the course of the evening, guests will enjoy a three-course... Read moreNew York, NY (February 13, 2009) - Snooth announces the Inaugural Open That Bottle Night (OTBN) BYOB dinner in New York City, Saturday, February 28th in conjunction with co-sponsors Wilson Daniels and Astor Center. During the course of the evening, guests will enjoy a three-course seated dinner, the opportunity to try new wines compliments of Wilson Daniels, and a chance to participate in a online global tasting via Twitter Taste Live. Open That Bottle Night was conceived in 2000 by respected wine writers Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher of the Wall Street Journal. The purpose of the evening is to get together with friends and drink a bottle of wine that is saved for a special occasion that has not happened yet. To mark the 10th anniversary of OTBN, Snooth, Wilson Daniels, and Astor Center are teaming up to put on what will be a memorable event Philip James, Snooth's CEO and Founder, says, "We are delighted to be working with Astor Center and Wilson Daniels in hosting this wine lover's dinner in one of New York's premier event spaces, the Astor Center Gallery." Tickets are available on the Astor Center website - click here About Wilson Daniels: Founded in 1978, Wilson Daniels Ltd. is a family-owned, fully integrated sales and marketing company representing a highly selective portfolio of the world's most prestigious wine properties. The company provides professional services to preeminent wineries in California and Oregon, France, Italy, Hungary, New Zealand and Australia. Based in Napa Valley, Wilson Daniels Ltd. strives to maintain the high standards set by founders Win Wilson and Jack Daniels with a keen focus on developing long-term strategic partnerships with family-owned and operated wineries that possess profound respect for terroir. Please visit http://www.wilsondaniels.com/ for more information. About Astor Center: Astor Center has become the integrated cultural center for food and wine education in New York City. Designed for laymen and connoisseurs alike, the Center celebrates what's next in wine and culinary arts with the downtown landmark, Astor Wines & Spirits, serving as the cornerstone of the Center. More than just a place to take a wine class or watch a celebrity chef wield a blow-torch, at Astor Center we're building a concept - a new approach to education, a new way of exchanging ideas, a new forum for discussing that which brings us together around the table. Please visit http://www.astorcenternyc.com/ for more information. About Snooth: Launched in June 2007, Snooth is a highly interactive, social database of the world's wines, offering both casual and expert wine drinkers the ability to search, obtain personalized recommendations, interact with fellow wine lovers, as well as seamlessly buy from a global network of over 11,000 merchants. Users have the ability to search by their own personal preferences (bold, peppery, fruity, etc), by a specific meal-pairing, price, or by region or producer. Snooth's recommendation engine also provides customized selections based on stated preferences and user feedback. The more information a user gives on wines they enjoy, the more personalized and detailed the recommendations become. Please visit http://www.snooth.com for more information. Contact media@snooth.com (646) 723-4328    (hide)

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• May 2008

  Trade fairs, no matter the trade, are a Darwinian exercise in survival of the fittest; specifically survival of the flashiest. I am often reminded of Bourbon Street in New Orleans with its lineup of colorful hawkers trying to separate the unwary tourist from their vacation budget.... Read moreTrade fairs, no matter the trade, are a Darwinian exercise in survival of the fittest; specifically survival of the flashiest. I am often reminded of Bourbon Street in New Orleans with its lineup of colorful hawkers trying to separate the unwary tourist from their vacation budget. Trade fairs for the wine industry are really no different but the intrepid traveler can find bits of wisdom strewn among the flash, after all you can find a good cocktail for a reasonable price on Bourbon Street, it just shouldn't be your first choice of locales if that is your goal. The London International Wine Fair should be different, it isn't, but it should be. The English drinks trade prides itself on being sophisticated, erudite and staid and how this translates into two women in lingerie cradling a bottle of pink vodka and a whip I am not sure. However, having just returned from this annual festival of lights I thought I might share with you some of the more interesting items that I managed to pick up amongst the bright lights and shiny baubles. The world drinks industry is somehow only now realizing that women purchase wine & spirits (how you get to be a multibillion dollar industry without noticing this is a discussion for another day) and have turned their mighty marketing energy to tap this significant portion of the population that currently purchases almost 60% of all wine and half of all spirits. Yeah, I know, I am confused too, seems they are already doing a good job of marketing to women and that it is men they need to be focused on. This discrepancy won't be a problem much longer if the trend in marketing to women that I saw in London is any indication. Beside the aforementioned lingerie models and pink vodka there was a host of other standard wine & spirits bottles that were either curvy, painted pink or as the vodka dyed pink directly all culminating in my favorite example - a pink-bottled (ala Pepto-Bismol) liqueur called Girl. Women of the world unite. Note to the drinks industry, unless you are willingly courting the 6-8 year-old girl crowd I would re-think your strategy. There was one interesting wine product that I am not sure how I feel about yet. It could be a great way to introduce people to wine and understanding wine or a great opportunity to combine kitsch and embarrassment. I-wine is a bottle of blind wine with the actual grape variety hidden under the bottles main label and revealed by pulling this label off. To further aid you along in this journey you are provided with two scratch-n-sniff aroma strips. Yes, I said scratch-n-sniff. Take that Bordeaux classification of 1855 with your "no scratch-n-stiff" AOC regulations. Overall the fair this year had few highlights; however, I did manage to speak to various different producers from Italy to get their opinion on the ongoing situation in Montalcino. The general consensus is that any commercial blowback will be limited to this section of the boot. Wishful thinking? Maybe but the producers made a good point that the Italian wine customer is very broad based and ticking off Brunello customers shouldn’t affect other high end Italian wines and certainly not the bread and butter value wines that Italy is famous for. It may take years for Brunello to recover but the state of Italian wine is still fairly healthy. I hope they are right as I would hate to see this one hiccup disturb the great work that has been done in Italy over these last few years. Now I have to go and review this new vodka designed for men, it is dyed blue, called "Macho Beast" and the bottle is shaped like a...no, that can't be. Robert Scibelli is a lecturer and administrator at New York’s premier wine school, International Wine Center.    (hide)

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